H.S. FOOTBALL: Wicked Local Defensive Player of the Year - Rockland's Jon Baar

Wednesday

Dec 6, 2017 at 1:57 AM

Chris McDaniel cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com @ChrisMcDaniel88

Defensive Player of the Year: Jon Baar, Sr., Rockland

To call Baar a ballhawk would be an understatement. The senior finished the year with six interceptions. Of those six picks, Baar returned two of them from end zone to end zone for defensive scores. Against Middleboro, which won the Division 6 state championship, Baar intercepted three passes. Baar was a game-changer on one of the best defenses in the state.

Honorable mention: Jon Bearden (Hingham), Casey Phinney (Marshfield)

Football Power Rankings are decided with the help of several factors: record, strength of schedule, performance against teams and margin of victory. The public schools in our coverage area include: Abington, Braintree, Carver, Cohasset, Hanover, Hingham, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth North, Plymouth South, Rockland, Scituate, Silver Lake and Weymouth. Send nominations for players of the week to cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com or reach on Twitter @ChrisMcDaniel88.